What is the cost of maintaining a car for a month?
City Money Saved:
New York $1,253
San Francisco $1,113
Boston $1,095
Philadelphia $1,012
Chicago $1,008
Seattle $998
Honolulu $984
Los Angeles $953
San Diego $905
In the following cities such as New York, an individual can save $1,253 for an entire month if they’d stop driving. The cost is taking into account fuel that a car requires, parking, maintenance, and other externalities. Instead of driving your vehicle there are other ways to arrive at a destination such as walking, biking and carpooling. As mentioned before, the emission that is released from vehicles is very dangerous to living things, such as us humans. When individuals are exposed to a certain degree of pollution it can cause internal damage to the human body.
The average individual who owns a car and decided to stop driving it for a year will save approximately $15,041 in NewYork. If an individual was to stop driving for about two year they will have around $30,082 dollars saved in which they can purchase an electrical car. Electric cars are much safer for the environment because of the releases less carbon dioxide emissions rather than a gasoline-powered car.
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City Money Saved:
New York $15,041
San Francisco $13,350
Boston $13,136
Philadelphia $12,140
Chicago $12,092
Seattle $11,974
Honolulu $11,813
Los Angeles $11,440
San Diego $10,859
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To conclude, owning and maintaining a gasoline car is not convenient for the well being of the environment also many can save money by finding an alternative way of arriving at their destination